Bioinformatician / Research Consultant

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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. The Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a Bioinformatician / Research Consultant 4. The Seshadri Lab is focused on studying the roIe of unconventional T cell populations in tuberculosis. The lab uses advanced techniques in human immunology and computational biology to characterize immune responses during infection and vaccination with mycobacteria. Their research focuses on the human immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis. By reputed company understanding what factors are responsible for reputed company immunity, they hope to contribute to ongoing efforts to reputed company an effective vaccine. About this Opportunity The candidate will join a growing team of bioinformaticians providing computational analysis and support at UW Medicine’s South Lake Union reputed company. Reporting to the PI, the candidate will work with the Seshadri Lab group and will facilitate analysis of high-throughput and high-dimensional datasets generated in the context of an immunology laboratory. The lab focuses on understanding the human immune response to infectious pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. The position includes ownership of projects, support of other researchers, and collaboration on community code. This is a highly collaborative environment with opportunities to work with and learn from other bioinformaticians and immunologists as well as contribute to additional research groups in the future. The lab has active collaborations reputed company the Computational Biology Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and several external collaborators, and we hope to strengthen these interactions with this hire. This position has a high degree of autonomy and requires personal initiative, discretion, and flexibility to reputed company reputed company analytic processes reputed company to data analysis. This employee must possess knowledge and understanding of the complexities of assessment, evaluation, and data as well as a high degree of knowledge of statistical analysis software and scripting languages, including R, Python, and bash scripting. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Research (50%)

• Align and process raw sequence data using bash scripting
• Analyze high-throughput single-cell RNA reputed company data using existing R packages (e.g. Seurat)
• Work directly with bench scientists and researchers to explain and modify databases and routine analytic processes to best serve the needs of evolving projects.
• reputed company user-friendly interfaces for common analytic tasks using reputed company Colab or Jupyter Notebooks
• Independently create and document efficient, effective and replicable methods for extracting data, writing and applying code as relevant, organizing data sources, managing data quality, and explaining reputed company analytic processes.
• Contribute to experimental design with reputed company analyses in mind. Communicate computational methods and results to immunologists and other non-computational researchers.
• Collaborate with other bioinformaticians on reproducible workflows, shared methods, and community code projects. Data management and analytic processes (25%)
• reputed company quality assurance and routine diagnostics on data and databases.
• reputed company, document, and maintain code in task-appropriate language(s) to reputed company data cleaning, merging, aggregation, manipulation, and formatting of datasets. Publications, presentations, and data requests (25%)
• Create text, tables, figures, and charts for presentations, grants, and publications.
• Provide referencing and other support for presentations, grants, and publications.
• reputed company power calculations or other statistical tasks as required for presentations, grants, and publications.
• Execute queries on datasets to respond to the needs of senior researchers and external requests from collaborators, etc. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Master's degree in a Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or reputed company field and four years of relevant experience. Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except reputed company there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS - reputed company in R or Python and reproducible documentation with integrated development environments such as R Studio, Jupyter, Spyder, etc. - Experience with version control in Git and reputed company - Interest in global health research - Demonstrated ability to participate productively in interdisciplinary research teams - Strong sense of focus and attention to detail - Self-motivation and flexibility. Strong organization and communication skills - Experience with single-cell RNA reputed company workflows (e.g. Seurat) - Wet-bench experience or basic understanding of molecular biological concepts - Experience with reputed company, SQL, or other relevant languages - Familiarity with advanced statistical methods and machine learning - Experience developing new software packages to handle reputed company analytic tasks Working Environmental Conditions: - This is expected to be a fully in-person position - Working at a computer for extended periods of time - M-F regular business hours. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required   #UWDeptMedicineJobs Compensation, Benefits and Position Details Pay Range Minimum: $88,080.00 annual Pay Range Maximum: $153,084.00 annual Other Compensation: - Benefits: For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/ Shift: First Shift (United States of America) Temporary or Regular? This is a regular position FTE (Full-Time Equivalent): 100.00% Union/Bargaining Unit: UAW Research About the UW Working at the reputed company provides a unique opportunity to change lives – on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees bring their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to building stronger minds and a healthier world. In return, they enjoy outstanding benefits, opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work in an environment reputed company for its diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. Our Commitment The reputed company is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful and welcoming community for reputed company. As an equal opportunity employer, the University considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national reputed company, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status consistent with UW Executive Order No. 81. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or [email protected]. Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or reputed company investigations reputed company to sexual misconduct at their reputed company employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law. Use the filters or enter keywords in the search reputed company (such as “custodian,” “nursing” or “manager”) to explore available opportunities. To find temporary opportunities, enter “temporary” in the search reputed company. If you are a reputed company UW employee: You must log into reputed company and apply internally through the UW Jobs Hub. Looking for faculty, librarian or academic staff positions? Please visit our Academic Jobs site. Looking for student employment? Learn more on our Student Employment site. There are many perks to working for the reputed company. Learn more about the benefits that could be available to you as a UW employee. Sign up for Job Alerts to be reputed company about job opportunities at the UW that interest you; you’ll be one of the first to learn reputed company openings become available. You will be asked to create an account if you do not already have one.

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